Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] to make [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the besieged British of Ulster have to make do with liberal platitudes instead of a tough security police . |
| 2 | Today 's passengers have to make do with a 10-mile return trip to Twyford . |
| 3 | Where the lower orders of life have to make do with conditioned reflexes which so operate on behaviour as to limit conflict to levels that do not threaten the species , man — blessed as he is with free will — must institutionalise or die . |
| 4 | Until then motorists have to make do with these temporary toilets which opened today . |
| 5 | Having a baby usually means not being able to have a job as well so most young mothers have to make do with the various state benefits they are entitled to . |
| 6 | " Item whereas there is Sixscore pounds due unto mee by Roger Harper and Johnn Barrett Payable at Certen Dayes and tymes agreed uponn betweene us , My mynde and will ys That the Somme of Fortye pounds being a Thirdd parte of the sayd Sixscore pounds shall be and remayne to the augmentacion and increase of the wages of the Schoolemaster of Stockport for the tyme beinge , for ever , to be hadd and receaved at suche dayes and tymes as the same shall bee due , And further I do will and bequeath the sume of Tenn pounds for and towards the augmenting of the Schoolmasters wages afforesayd to make upp the sayd sume of Fortye pounds the Full sume of Fyftie pounds All the sayd Sume to be Imployed and used for the benefit of the Schoolemaster afforesayde by the Parsonn of Stockporte the Maior of Stockport and the most Auncyent Alderman thereof for the time being . |
| 7 | Many primary schools have the good fortune to have a separate dining hall while others have to make do with a hall that serves for dining , assemblies , PE and numerous other activities during the day . |
| 8 | As a result Zambians have to make do with ‘ the left-overs of the book world , rather than its riches ’ . |
| 9 | The north-east parts have to make do with anything from 25 to 75 in ( 65–190 cm ) annually . |